I'm going to talk clearly: this movie is funny. Has some of the bests intended (and working!) comedy moments in Venezuelan Cinema in many years. Really! I got a big load of laughs with this movie.
The plot: Carlitos López (Carlos Mata) is a 40-something unemployed engineer, who is an typical "sinvergüenza" Venezuelan. He has divorced from beautiful Pastora (Mimí Lazo), whom he has two children and he still fancies, and is currently living with his hot and young girlfriend Conchi (Anabel Rivero); but López's true love is his 4x4 red Jeep GrandCherokee, the last thing he can bought before his firing. Carlitos loves and cares far obsessively for his car, to the point he had baptized the vehicle as "Sharon" and talks about it as if was a living female. His worst nightmare is that his beloved Sharon is robbed by an angry mob. Turns out that in December 24 Carlitos try to reconquest Pastora, even if she is currently dating perfect darling Evaristo. Both Carlitos and Pastora revive their flame and promise to break up with their current relationships, unknowingly that Conchi had just discovered she is pregnant. But when López pick up Conchi and prepare to break with her, a troupe of criminals abduct Carlos and Sharon, leaving Conchi behind. Pastora breaks up with Evaristo but when Conchi arrives to inform about López's abduction Pastora accidentally slips about Carlito's intentions of breaking to a surprised girl, and then knows about Conchi's pregnancy. Meanwhile, Carlitos convinces the criminals to release him and accept a payment as rescue for his beloved Sharon, but when he is freed and arrives to his safe home thinking that he had just succeed is then confronted with a worst situation: his two women enraged, his family and neighbors at the verge of a war, and a open opposition to him risking his life in the rescue of the car...
As I said, there are a lot of truly funny moments, who are rare in Venezuelan comedy, with a bit of black humor in the comic mix. But most of the comedy relies in (not so) subtle comments about the current political and social situation, who can be not truly understandable by foreigners... and maybe in some years, even for the Venezuelans the funny of those references will fade. Many of the jokes works well, but some of them don't stick together very well, and by the middle the movie becomes slow and somewhat less funny. But then it recovers for an unexpected (but karmic and satisfying) ending. Overall, this is a comedy that worths their watching, and makes you truly smile.
The plot: Carlitos López (Carlos Mata) is a 40-something unemployed engineer, who is an typical "sinvergüenza" Venezuelan. He has divorced from beautiful Pastora (Mimí Lazo), whom he has two children and he still fancies, and is currently living with his hot and young girlfriend Conchi (Anabel Rivero); but López's true love is his 4x4 red Jeep GrandCherokee, the last thing he can bought before his firing. Carlitos loves and cares far obsessively for his car, to the point he had baptized the vehicle as "Sharon" and talks about it as if was a living female. His worst nightmare is that his beloved Sharon is robbed by an angry mob. Turns out that in December 24 Carlitos try to reconquest Pastora, even if she is currently dating perfect darling Evaristo. Both Carlitos and Pastora revive their flame and promise to break up with their current relationships, unknowingly that Conchi had just discovered she is pregnant. But when López pick up Conchi and prepare to break with her, a troupe of criminals abduct Carlos and Sharon, leaving Conchi behind. Pastora breaks up with Evaristo but when Conchi arrives to inform about López's abduction Pastora accidentally slips about Carlito's intentions of breaking to a surprised girl, and then knows about Conchi's pregnancy. Meanwhile, Carlitos convinces the criminals to release him and accept a payment as rescue for his beloved Sharon, but when he is freed and arrives to his safe home thinking that he had just succeed is then confronted with a worst situation: his two women enraged, his family and neighbors at the verge of a war, and a open opposition to him risking his life in the rescue of the car...
As I said, there are a lot of truly funny moments, who are rare in Venezuelan comedy, with a bit of black humor in the comic mix. But most of the comedy relies in (not so) subtle comments about the current political and social situation, who can be not truly understandable by foreigners... and maybe in some years, even for the Venezuelans the funny of those references will fade. Many of the jokes works well, but some of them don't stick together very well, and by the middle the movie becomes slow and somewhat less funny. But then it recovers for an unexpected (but karmic and satisfying) ending. Overall, this is a comedy that worths their watching, and makes you truly smile.
